Leviticus 8:20

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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הַפָּֽדֶר

peder

H6309

“the · fat”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 3× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Leviticus 1:8

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from an unused root meaning to be greasy

TWOT: 1737

fat, suet

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

12: words
8: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַפָּֽדֶר fat H6309 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַפָּֽדֶר fat H6309 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
6 nouns
4 particles

Verb forms

נִתַּ֖ח Piel · Perfect
וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

לִנְתָחָ֑יו piece H5409 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 34 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 12 Hebrew tokens and 17 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Leviticus 8:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Leviticus 1:8 and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 34 words vs World English Bible 18. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Leviticus 8:20 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶת הָאַ֔יִל נִתַּ֖ח לִנְתָחָ֑יו וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְאֶת הַנְּתָחִ֖ים וְאֶת הַפָּֽדֶר

He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Leviticus 8:20 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ κριός κρεανομέω κατά μέλος καί ἀναφέρω μωυσῆς ὁ κεφαλή καί ὁ μέλος καί ὁ στέαρ

And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a whole burnt offering for a sweet smelling savor; it is a burnt offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְיָת דִכְרָא פַּלֵג לְאֶבְרוֹהִי וְאַסֵק מֹשֶׁה יָת רֵישָׁא וְיָת אֶבְרַיָא וְיָת תַּרְבָּא

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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְיַת דִיכְרָא פַּסִיג לְפַסְגוֹי וְאַסֵיק משֶׁה יַת רֵישָׁא וְיַת פַּתְגוֹיָא וְיַת תַּרְבָּא

And he divided the ram after its parts, and Mosheh burned the head and the parts and the fat.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Leviticus 8:20 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

20. and the fat] a different Heb. word from that in Lev_8:16; Lev_8:25, used here and in Lev_1:8; Lev_1:12 only. The fat of the intestines is probably indicated.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And he cut the ram into pieces,.... Cut off its head and quartered it:

and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat; even all of it, as the following verse shows.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

He cut the ram

"Moses cut the ram"

produced a sweet aroma

Yahweh being pleased with the sincere worshiper who offered the sacrifice is spoken of as if God were pleased with the aroma of the burning sacrifice. See how you translated a similar phrase in Leviticus 1:9. (See: Metaphor)

an offering made by fire to Yahweh

This can be translated in active form. AT: "an offering he burned to Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)

translationWords

ewe

head

water

altar

burnt offering

Yahweh

command

Moses

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Ramban (Nachmanides)

Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban / Nachmanides)

AND THE RAM WAS CUT INTO PIECES. This cutting into pieces was done only after flaying, but Scripture shortened its account here by omitting the flaying, since He had already commanded about it in the section of the burnt-offering. He states [here in this verse], and Moses caused the head, and the pieces to burn [on the altar], which means “at the time of burning it,” namely, after he washed the inwards and the legs in water [mentioned in the following verse]. It is with reference to this that He states, and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar, for after the washing he burnt everything at the same time. Scripture, however, separated them [stating here in Verse 20 that he burnt the head and the pieces, etc., and afterwards in Verse 21 that he washed the inwards and the legs], so as to teach us that the pieces do not need washing.

Ramban (Nachmanides) on the Tanakh — English translation: “Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Leviticus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 12 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is peder (“fat”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “fat” (peder) shape what this verse is saying?
Leviticus 1:8 shares the word «fat» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“piece” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs longer here. What questions does that raise?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «נִתַּ֖ח» is Piel Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 12 Hebrew ↔ 17 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
“piece” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 12 words in this verse.